J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by panda_girl

Thank you both so much! I think we'll commit to spending our time to seeing the sights in Italy ... I'd love nothing more than to go snowboarding again, but my butt requires soft powder to land on!! I'll save my pennies to visit New Zealand instead. Thanks! :)

My husband and I are travelling to Italy in October 2012 and we were wondering if we can possibly get around 3 days of snowboarding in during our trip. The dates we are looking at are the 8th to the 12th of October.

We are only beginners (we just came back from our first trip to Whistler at the beginning of this month), so we'd be wanting to board beginner runs and have a lesson on our first day.

Is it worthwhile going in October?
What are prices like at this time of year? Is it expensive (keeping in mind that we are Australians, so the Swiss Franc is on par with our dollar at the moment)?
Is the snow "soft" enough in Switzerland at this time of year for beginners (i.e how much ice will I be landing on?)?
Or would it be best to leave Switzerland for another time and just put our $$$$ towards a New Zealand snow trip next July? (It's quite hard to find info about Swiss ski packages etc on Australian travel sites etc; Canada BC, Japan and New Zealand trips are the most popular amongst Aussies).

Thanks!